bodhicitta
From Buddha-Nature
Sanskrit Noun
bodhicitta
बोधिचित्त
བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
菩提心
Basic Meaning
The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings
Has the Sense of
The desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings
Simplified English Usage
Thought of Awakening
| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | bodhicitta |
| Topic Variation | bodhicitta |
| Tibetan | བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། ( jangchubsem) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | byang chub sems ( jangchubsem) |
| Devanagari Sanskrit | बोधिचित्त |
| Romanized Sanskrit | bodhicitta |
| Chinese | 菩提心 |
| Chinese Pinyin | pútí xīn |
| Alternate Spellings | རྫོགས་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings |
| Has the Sense of | The desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings |
| Related Topic Pages | Https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs |
| Term Type | Noun |
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